The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope
1983 film
- Edgar Allan Poe
- "A Torture by Hope"
- Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Production
company
company
Krátký film Praha
Release date
- July 28, 1983 (1983-07-28)
Running time
The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (Czech: Kyvadlo, jáma a naděje) is a 1983 Czechoslovak animated short film directed by Jan Švankmajer, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's story "A Torture by Hope".[1]
Awards
- Montréal World Film Festival 1984 – Won Jury Prize (Short Films)
- Kraków Film Festival 1984 – Won FICC Award
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 1985 – Won Grand Prize and FIPRESCI Award
- Fantasporto 1985 – Won Critics' Award - Special Mention
External links
- The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope at IMDb
- The Pendulum, the Pit, and Hope at AllMovie
References
- ^ David Huckvale (2014). Poe Evermore: The Legacy in Film, Music and Television. McFarland. p. 142. ISBN 9780786494415.
- v
- t
- e
Films directed by Jan Švankmajer
- Alice (1988)
- Faust (1994)
- Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)
- Little Otik (2000)
- Lunacy (2005)
- Surviving Life (2010)
- Insects (2018)
- The Last Trick (1964)
- A Game with Stones (1965)
- The Garden (1968)
- The Flat (1968)
- Picnic with Weissmann (1968)
- A Quiet Week in the House (1969)
- Don Juan (1969)
- Jabberwocky (1971)
- Leonardo's Diary (1972)
- Castle of Otranto (1977)
- Dimensions of Dialogue (1982)
- The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope (1983)
- Meat Love (1988)
- The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia (1990)
- Food (1992)
 | This article related to a Czech film of the 1980s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
 | This article related to a short animated film of the 1980s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
